Tag: debra yarian

By Debra Yarian
My recent, internationally distributed book (ha-ha), So You Want To Be A Tattoo Artist? -Helpful hints on getting started in an exciting career as a tattoo artist, with little or no training or skill, caused quite a furor in the tattoo world. Both seasoned and novice tattooers alike, voiced

By Deb Yarian
In my last installment of Lessons from Inksmith and Roger's week 1, I explain that I had the pleasure of sending my second son, Nick, having just finished up an apprenticeship at our family shop in Alaska, to the world famous Inksmith and Roger's Tattoo in Jacksonville, Florida

(Interview by Dawn Cooke)
Dawn Cooke: What was your first tattoo?
Debra Yarian: I wish I could remember the name. It was a name on an older Mexican man’s hands, at a flea market in Phoenix, Arizona. We were on our way back to California and he had a step van there

By Debra Yarian
We are constantly being asked by people, how either they or their family members can “get in to tattooing?” How they can obtain a license, open a shop, get a job and so-on and so-on and so-on.
In recent years I’ve had more and more people indignantly explain, that

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Tattoo Artist Magazine (TAM) has been in circulation since 2003 and is a self-published professional tattoo artist trade journal. TAM is the only tattoo-related publication created, owned and financed by a tattoo artist. Tattoo Artist Magazine has been designed specifically for tattoo artists and the growing international community. We have a large social media community and blog network, all designed to educate, inspire and entertain fans and professionals, at all levels of experience. Tattoo Artist Magazine features only the most accomplished tattoo artists and for that reason, TAM is held in highest esteem among the tattoo community.